An eyewitness, who is a taxi driver, told Edinburgh Live that he saw a "white sheet" at the scene and that "police and ambulances were in attendance".

A spokesman for the Scottish Ambulance Service said:

“We received a call at 1550 hours to attend a road traffic incident on Murrayburn Road, Edinburgh. We despatched our trauma team, a paramedic response unit and an ambulance crew to the scene.”

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